I can always remember saying good bye to my aunt at Newport station in south wales. As the HST accelerated away and the click, clump of the carriages and then the rear power car, screaming as it whizzed passed us on the platform, then to deaccelerate, only for the driver to give it the beans again, was awesome when you're a 8 year old boy.

These were beautiful trains to ride on, so smooth, quiet and fast as a passenger.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@robertp.wainman4094

Жыл бұрын

Far better ride quality than the ubiquitous Siemens used on most long distance routes nowadays.

Such a very passionate interview between Ely and Ruddington, thanks Steve, I would love to have feedback of the success of this precious unit! I so wish that Paxman Valenta engines have been saved somewhere though🙏

I loved these trains going through Leicester, these are favourite trains

@TrainRealWorld

11 ай бұрын

They will be missed!!

I think it would be great seeing a preserved intercity125 locomotive next to some preserved steam locomotives in a yard getting prepped to take enthusiast trains

I grew up near the midland mainline between Leicester and Loughborough. I can still hear the scream of the valenta engines from the 1980s and 90s from when I was a kid playing in my grandparents garden which was near the line.

That loud sounding truck. Was featured in a trucker tim video recently. A point of view inside it. Sounds sweet

Great Doco awesome i possibly travelled on that set as i worked all over the uk ... lol

25:44 Aaa, a Swedish Scania V8 with straight pipes saying hello :) Cool video! :)

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

It sounded AMAZING

Great video squire & you have done this justice 👍👏

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

That is an awesome video of moving a locomotive being moved from one location to it's new home. That move was done safely. I live in florida in the USA and we move big items here that require planning and routing for heavy things being moved

Fantastic video, thank you so much.

Great video, thanks for sharing this with us

These were a daily staple on my commute from Bath to Bristol (and Weston-Super-Mare on some occasions). Remember watching these scream by at full power as a child in Sydney Gardens in Bath. When FGW re-furbished these with the MTU power unit, I can't help thinking this is harking back to the days of the Maybach powered Westerns that plied these routes before the HSTs took over! Good Luck with this one, it will be lovely to see this one back to her best! You can still ride a HST here in the West Country down in Devon, as GWR created the 6-Car set "Castle" class, but you need to be quick as even these are being retired over the next 18 months.

This train is now preserved by 125 group

Great video 🤔 XC HST’s are still passed to run at 125mph between Colton Junction and York and between York and Darlington. When Cross-Country used to pool all Western Region power cars in the mid to late 1980’s, 43025 along with any other WR allocated power car could often turn up on Cross-Country services between the South West/South Wales, the Midlands and the North East/North West as well as its Western Region duties 🙂🇬🇧 I’ve travelled in the mid 1980’s on 43010, 43011 (now gone 😥) 43016, 43017, 43020, 43021, 43034 and 43037 of the original batch all on Cross-Country workings 😎👍🏽

Around 27:13: 1980s: “when was the last time you had a business trip and your train had to stop for breakfast?” 2023: Lololololo

Good commentary, more interesting than I expected.

Good video ,remember seeing these on test from Derby going through Cudworth to Nevill Hill

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Wow I would've LOVED to have seen that

I rode on a Great Northern Express from Edinburgh Waverley to London, King’s Cross. It was a lovely, smooth ride which took less than it would have done on another locomotive!!

06:30 I’m lucky to be near Loughborough,I’ve been quite a few times!

she was a beautiful ride

I grew up with the HST's. Personally I would love to see 43025 painted into the original BR Blue/Grey livery. I am glad this one is saved! Great video mate and I have liked and subbed. Speaking of trains. from this month. I will be reviewing older Hornby retro train sets from the 1980's and 1990's. Starting with one from 1996. Peter.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Will have to wait and see what they’ve chosen for 025. Have you seen 159s newly painted livery?

@BritishRail60062

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld Not yet but I will have a look at Flickr for it mate.

the valenta scream was great but the only problem was the smell of brake blocks when slowing down. Well done saving another one. coming to the transport rally at ruddington soon so will be able to see your efforts.

Using a GPS speedo on my phone i see 125 to 127mph most days on the Reading to Paddington 0735 train. Occasionally i get on the slow train with the new rolling stock and they still do 113mph which is impressive. Very smooth too.

Right I've Got To Break Into Ely Papworth Sidings Eventually And See Those HSTs There

@TrainRealWorld

3 ай бұрын

ummmmmmm dont!

Very interesting video. I live in Nottingham, so seeing 43025 being taken along roads I use every day was great! Just a correction, where you were talking about the right turn at 35min 22seconds, that route is the only way to go from the A453 towards Ruddington. If they had taken the slip road towards QMC, they would have been going in exactly the opposite direction! You needed to take the A52 towards Grantham to get to the A60 into Ruddington. I look foward to visiting the Ruddington location and seeing 43025 once it's been cleaned and prepared for running! Thanks for a great video. Jonathan.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

I think I was mentioning that because of the weight of the load, there were certain places it could and couldn't go to, and one was that it couldn't go on the slip road there up to QMC and couldn't go on the QMC roundabout either. It was a very tight turn to get on there though, but fun to watch. Hopefully they will start her soon, and fingers crossed I will be there too.

I remember the scream of the Paxman Valenta, because I regularly travelled between London and Plymouth between 1974 and 2015. But I also remember the large bowsers of coolant located at principal stations. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the leaking head casket problem was traced to drivers swiping the controller between off and notch five.

Hi, interesting video. With regards to the trailer steering, the escort driver in the van usually has a wireless remote to allow steering in tight spaces but out on the highway the trailer steering follows the angle of the fifth wheel coupling (the bit that attaches it to the tractor unit).

(Just come across this video) We have some ex Western region Hst,s here in Scotland that Scotrail got that currently run as Inter7city from Edinburgh & Glasgow to Inverness & Aberdeen

I rode in the guard van from London Paddington to Swansea on one of those units ...the sound is simply sik PHAT RUDE!!! ...the train that sounds a bit like a plane... - only recently noticed that THEY don't actually TILT!!! ...the track is very tilty instead...

Great content

Great video, with the new class 777 slowly coming into use with merseyrail I would imagine that the old class 507 -508s will end up at Ely as I think they are owned by Angel trains .

@darrenhillman8396

Жыл бұрын

You may be correct, but given that Simms at Newport have had all the previous 507/508 stock, then I think all of them will ultimately end their days there. BREL York built great units, as can be seen in their longevity.

I think the term you trying to think of is, ‘Risk of Grounding.’Great video and we’ll presented. 👍😊

@jonatday

Жыл бұрын

High Centred I believe is the term, also Bellied out, great Video

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Really enjoyed the day

FYI - You can fly drones unless their is a flight restriction zone above the property. It being private property doesn't allow them to control the air above it. Its a common misconception that it does.

@barrieshepherd7694

Жыл бұрын

Sun 249 gm drones that is

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Is it kind of connected to network rail where there is a restriction?

@barrieshepherd7694

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld Network Rail don't control airspace but require permission for large or commercial drone flights. The CAA, who do control airspace, say that, for sub 250 gm drones, you can fly over; Commercial sites including: shopping centres warehouses business parks Industrial sites including: factories docks rail and transport hubs (but not airports or other flight hubs) It's unfortunate that many people, including the police, do not know the rules and think they can stop flights over "their property" - unfortunately they do not own or control the airspace. There are many KZread videos around railways and I linked to obe in another comment.

@AndrewStrydomBRP

Жыл бұрын

@@barrieshepherd7694 "Require" is a lie, they don't have a claim over the airspace, realistically the most they can do is ask you to politely tell them. Only in some classes of drone (heavier) are you actually required to get structure owner permission to fly over it, that's the CAA's blanket rules and not NR's rules.

@barrieshepherd7694

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewStrydomBRP I think that is what I said.

well ahead off there times still look modern ,superb too ride on the mk3 s

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Very far ahead, and still very much so. they will be missed!

Well done man

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, really enjoyed the trip!

interesting to see the rear sets of tires scrubbing like that on sharper bends.

Another great video from Les, you would think they would do something about them weeds

You missed out, hearing Valentas screaming out of Donnie absolute bliss. "virgin trains back in the day" quote made me laugh. 😂😂😂 handful of years ago nothing.

I’m joining the 125 group

You can fly a drone over a public place if it's below 250g and you're flying from a public place. Private businesses don't own the airspace above their premises.

That rear wheel at 24:36 looks like it's having a hard time lol

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Very much so!

I know this question is not about the HST but how many class 153s are in the background

Hi Mega are you going to the Midland Railway for the HST opening Day on the 1st of July. They are running 43048 in EMT livery and 43159 in the old midland mainline livery.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Tempted but busy on 1st… but hopefully I can try and go on 2nd but gotta see

@mrclass43

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld ok I'm going on the 2nd too so it should be nice

Great video and information. I do wonder what you heard at Ramsgate though as HSTs never ran down there. I'm an ex signalman from that area.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Virgin definitely went down there with the 47 but I remember seeing a HST as my aunty literally lived next to the bridge, and the back garden was next to it (down the verge) and I distinctly heard the HST (PC either end) but maybe once or twice.

@redmozzy

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld I'm guessing it was a test train. Maybe the network rail one? Maybe a "special". In the 12+ years I signalled around there, I never once saw an HST. They did send some mk3's around East Kent once and the ends of the coaches were a bit scraped up from some of the curved, tighter platforms 😂

@redmozzy

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld the viaduct next to the station? I was there when a train ran through the buffers and the bogie ended up on someone's garden!

125 fasted speed was 148.5 mph down to the west country

Hello from New Zealand. This is cool. Will it be restored to running order? Thanks for the video.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Hello New Zealand!! Yes it will be restored to full running order and going up and down the mainline on heritage trips 😊 sounds like things so far have gone well

The article should be ‘an’ before HST.

So. How many HSTs are still in service, and what is going to happen to this one you rescued? Private collection? Museum or heritage railway?

This train is scrap already? This train looks modern I used to see these trains at Leeds station all the time

You can fly a drone over if your standing on public ground and there are no air restrictions.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

I know there are restrictions over Network Rail track and thought this might be included in that

@AndrewStrydomBRP

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld Network rail's claim over the airspace above railways was disproven already in a FOI request when someone challenged them to show the law that applies to it and they came back with nothing. There is very few rules for a

Great video to see the power car being loaded. But I’m sorry I had to mute it. Too much talking for me.

hi there, pity it has not got the Davy paxman engine in it, MTU make a ghastly sound in comparisson

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Paxman are long gone so limited parts. 125 group are restoring 1 to Paxman with a LOT of changes, but 025 will stay as MTU where parts are still readily available 😊

The reengining was relatively late in the life of the hst, was it worth it? To me HST equals the Valenta scream.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

I think the life-span of the Valenta was coming to an end hence VP185 and MTU. I really hope the HST will continue through the years!

Would this have gone by rail to Ruddington if the new A60 bridge was open?

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Sounds terrible but it’s cheaper to transport via road 😬 also there isn’t a link to Ruddington on the rails

@harriergr7728

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think the track has been relaid on the new A60 bridge, so the link to the Midland mainline is still closed.

I hated them in the beginning as they replaced loco hauled trains but over the years I got too like them lol 😆 VP engines were good at the beginning 😂 Good luck with this project matey as it’s another classic engine saved 👍🏻

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

It’s nice to see the history of British railways, but at the end of the day, it’s about eco side of things, and safety and changes happen. I just wish the new train seats were comfier nowadays

the truck sounds like a like a loco at 26 mins lol 😆

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

It sounded AMAZING!! Possibly not legal mind you…

Do you know how much the 125 Trust paid for this power unit? I know transporting them is expensive but it makes me wonder how cost viable these units are for heritage lines?

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I can’t mention that…

Are you saving the rear driving car too?

What’s wrong with the HST anyway? Why’s everyone removing them?

Shame it does not have its original power unit the MTU engines they have now are no screamers!

So...the truck runs in the UK, has a British registration and belongs to a British Company. Why is it LHD?

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes happens when its imported, or with the corners with mirrors etc, it sometimes needs to be LHD

@trainundertaker

Жыл бұрын

Was bought second hand

How much does a train like this cost to buy?

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

I can't say the actual price 43025 was bought at, think of a couple of zeros and a k at the end

@simonh317

Жыл бұрын

@@TrainRealWorld so a lottery win would be needed :( - damn childhood dream of learning to drive one

An HST

Some good drone footage of the storage at Papworth - kzread.info/dash/bejne/f358pJuPlMiyYNY.html

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

It would’ve been in there back in December

you don't know filming laws dont give people advice ♥

its a shame that these trains are going soon! they are gorgeous locos!

No such thing as a nice KFC

@TrainRealWorld

7 ай бұрын

HAHA!!

Shame this one has the MTU lump in it.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

I know its not the Valenta or VP185, but still a good engine to get it upto 125mph

@stuartjones8238

Жыл бұрын

As a Bath based Train user. All the First Great Western Class 43's were refurbished with the V16 MTU lump and the new Front during the 2000/10's so you won't find a FGW HST with a Paxman lump in it!

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24:38 that most rear left set of tiers is really getting battered there. That is probably the one that got blown later on.

@TrainRealWorld

Жыл бұрын

ooo yea great spot! that does look bad being dragged like that